Today was the first day of Bible school. 49 children attended and it went remarkably smoothly! The kids can sing wonderfully (as evidenced in church last night) and are so artistic. One item we brought, as an afterthought, was sidewalk chalk. That was a total hit, during the game time, as we did not have enough translators, and Trevor had a challenging time explaining relays to kids who speak NO English...BUT sidewalk chalk is not available here and the kids loved it!
The optical team saw 65 more patients today-and will finish the COL kids and staff tomorrow. We ate a quick supper, and then had our evening classes for 2 hours. These were for the older kids and were very well attended. Your church bulletins were made into some beautiful jewelry.
Our goal tonight is to get to bed at a reasonable hour......I can hear the puppets practicing for tomorrow's Bible school "show' as I type.
Many of us have read the biographies of the children we are working with and are amazed that we have been chosen to work with them.
Lesson of the day:
Brazilian washing machines can complete approximately 3 loads per day
Brazilian Dryers: the clothesline
Today's "funny": There are no gummy worms here and the kids have never seen them. Our topic for Bible school is bugs and at the end of the story today I took some out (the translator told them they were worms...and I told them we eat them in America-and I ate some. They were totally silent and the little ones were very wide eyed....and then they had some for their snack. ;0
it was very funny to see and they laughed at the end-once they figured it out.
Thank you for your continued prayer. Alex is much better.
Becky
We so look forward to your updates. It sounds like God is using you in amazing ways already in the short time you have been there. We prayed specifically for you all at the prayer meeting last night at church, especially for the impact of the Bible school on the kids. Press on in the kingdom work.
ReplyDeleteThis picture is wonderful! I find myself wishing I was Dorothy so I could click my ruby red slippers 3 times and be there! Praying for continued health so you can all do what you are meant to do there! Thank you so much for making time for these updates!
ReplyDeletelove the picture and the updates. would have loved to have been there to see the gummy worm experience. :) you are all in my prayers daily. God continues to use all of you to touch the lives of many.
ReplyDeleteReading your posts is the highlight of my day. Thank you, Rebecca, for your wonderful words. Thank you, Lord, for giving her the gift of writing and communication!
ReplyDeleteBecky- Hanging your clothes on the clothesline? or just some of them? :0
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